Spotify is down for many right now —here's what we know about the outage

Spotify is down for thousands of users today, with the music streaming app showing error messages for many and experiencing playback difficulties.

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="live-content"><p>Spotify is down for thousands of users today, with the music streaming app showing error messages for many and experiencing playback difficulties.</p><p>The problems started at around 10.32am ET / 2.32pm GMT, when a large spike on Downdetector showed a high number of users were experiencing issues — mostly with the mobile app.</p><p>At the time of writing, reports on Downdetector have hit over 15,500 in the US and over 3,600 in the UK. Right, now there's been no official word from Spotify about the issues, but here's everything we know so far...</p></div><div class="live-content"></div> </article> ]]>